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Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Over half of Irish college students have admitted that they have taken at least one form of illicit drug

The Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland (DUHEI) Report found that the most used drugs during college include cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy, a high-level conference in UCC heard today. To discuss these finders further Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Dr Michael Byrne, Head of the Student Health Service at UCC and lead author of the report.